Line #38 Quotes/DamselInDistress


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5	->''[[ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike The one being rescued doesn't get to complain]]! You just act the part and stand around trembling and say "Oh, save me!"''
6	-->-- '''Ichigo Kurosaki''', ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''
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8	->'''Artemis:''' A monster!?\
9	'''Luna:''' Seems like it! But [[LampshadeHanging boy does that girl get her energy drained a lot!]]\
10	'''Artemis:''' ...No time to be impressed about that now!
11	-->-- ''[[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Moon R]]''
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17	->'''Lelouch:''' Looks like a bomb with another motion sensor on it. If we get too close, Nunnally's [[YourHeadAsplode head will explode.]]\
18	'''Suzaku:''' [[CaptainObvious And that's a bad thing!]]\
19	'''Lelouch:''' ...Yeah.\
20	'''Suzaku:''' If only there was some way we could get in close and disarm it!\
21	'''Lelouch:''' Actually, [[WallRun your little stunt back there]] gave me an idea. That swinging pendulum is clearly the motion detector. If someone could match the same speed and trajectory as the pendulum, they might be able to disarm the bomb in mid-air! And seeing as how you just kicked a fucking ''turret'' off the ceiling-\
22	'''Suzaku:''' I'm not doing it. That would be sexist.\
23	'''Lelouch:''' Come again?\
24	'''Suzaku:''' This right here? This situation? [[DiscussedTrope This is the "Damsel in Distress" trope,]] and I am ''not'' about to contribute to it.\
25	'''Lelouch:''' Look, while I agree that trope is horrible, in this ''particular'' situation, I need you to do this! We're running out of time!\
26	'''Suzaku:''' No, it'd be against my moral compass.\
27	'''Lelouch:''' [[SuddenlyShouting YOUR FUCKING MORAL COMPASS IS A ROULETTE WHEEL!]]\
28	'''Nunnally:''' Suzaku! I know what you mean, but this isn't the time for that!\
29	'''Suzaku:''' I'm sorry, Nunnally, I can't do it!\
30	'''Lelouch:''' Look, she's already in the situation! We have to pull her out of it! What if we like pretended she was just a ''crippled'' person?\
31	'''Suzaku:''' That's denying her her sexual identity! Nunnally, you ''do'' identify as female, right?\
32	'''Lelouch:''' Yeah, and I ''understand''. Sometimes in our culture, things are ridiculous! But just face it - situation is situation!\
33	'''Suzaku:''' I'm sorry! ''I can't do it!''\
34	'''Lelouch:''' [[EnragedByIdiocy OHHHHH GOD!]]\
35	'''Suzaku:''' Think about it from ''my'' perspective! What do you see up there?\
36	'''Lelouch:''' MY ''SISTER!'' AND SHE'S IN TROUBLE!\
37	'''Suzaku:''' Well ''I'' see a handy, capable girl. Sure, life's beating her down a little bit, but that's not gonna stop her. ''Nothing's'' gonna stop her! She could be President of the World one day!\
38	'''Lelouch:''' ''[[RageBreakingPoint NOT IF HER HEAD EXPLODES]]!!''
39	-->-- ''WebVideo/CodeMENT''
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41	->''[[Anime/SmilePrecure Cure Peace]], [[Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode Cure Custard]], and [[Anime/DeliciousPartyPrettyCure Cure Yum-Yum]] were tied up and suspended over a pond of sludge. At Joker's command, they would be dropped in and dissolve into Bad Energy. No matter how much Cure Peace squirmed, or how much Cure Custard kicked her legs, the ropes binding them together were too strong.''
42	-->-- ''Fanfic/TwinklingInTheDark''
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48	->'''Hercules''': Aren't you a Damsel in Distress?\
49	'''Megara''': (''struggling in Nessus' grip'') I'm a damsel... I'm in distress... I can handle this! Have a nice day!
50	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}''
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52	->'''Roxanne:''' Can one of you punch my frequent kidnappings card?\
53	'''Megamind:''' You of all people know we discontinued that promotion.
54	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}''
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56	->''We save April ''at least'' once a day.''
57	-->-- '''1987 Donatello''', ''WesternAnimation/TurtlesForever''
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63	->''William, tell me somethin'. Have you come because you need my help to save a certain distressin' damsel - or rather, damsel in distress? Either one.''
64	-->-- '''Jack Sparrow''', ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd''
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66	->''"Hey, I don't have to put up with this! I'm rich!"''
67	-->-- '''Princess Vespa''', ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}''
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73	->'''Bronn:''' Two knights off to rescue a princess. Sounds like a great song.\
74	'''Jaime:''' [[DeadHorseTrope Sounds like all of them.]]
75	-->--''Series/GameOfThrones''
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77	->''Groo - damsel in distress. [[BridalCarry You know the drill]].''
78	-->-- ''Series/{{Angel}}'', "The Price"
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80	->''Dawn's in trouble. Must be Tuesday.''
81	-->-- '''Buffy''', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "Once More With Feeling"
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83	->''A long table full of ''Doctor Who'' girls, going "''I'' wasn't [[ScreamingWoman a screamer.]]" And of course we ALL were! Because that was essentially what the role ''was''.''
84	-->-- '''Creator/JanetFielding''' on fan conventions, ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS20E2Snakedance}} "Snakedance"]] audio commentary
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86	->''Normal women catch bouquets. I catch bombs.''
87	-->-- '''ComicBook/LoisLane''', ''Series/LoisAndClark'', "We Have a Lot to Talk About"
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93	->''If you can't hold on\
94	Then baby, baby don't save me now\
95	(If your love isn't strong)\
96	Baby, don't save me now''
97	-->-- '''{{Music/Haim}}''', "Don't Save Me"
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103	->'''Dexter''': Kimberly, come in! Are you okay?\
104	'''Kimberly''': Oh, sure. I'm just kidnapped by aliens, that's all!\
105	'''Dexter''': I'll save you, Kimmy!\
106	'''Kimberly''': GET ME OUT OF HERE!
107	-->-- ''VideoGame/SpaceAce''
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113	->''Luke Skywalker and his deadbeat dad [[LateArrivalSpoiler [spoiler alert]]] get to swing their glowsticks around like inter-generational ravers; Han Solo runs around like he's just noticed that his gun has turned into a giant hairy spider; and what does Leia get? She can ''put up a shield.'' Oh, have mercy, Your Grace. But I suppose if they'd have given her a power based what she did in the ''films'', then they'd have had to have come up with something themed around constantly being captured and [[MsFanservice getting her jugs out.]]''
114	-->-- ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' on ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront''
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116	->''"Ohhh! Look, I just wanted to apologize for kidnapping you 80+ times; my bad. So, is it cool if I have the last donut?" ''(Peach eats the last donut and walks away)''"... I deserve that."''
117	-->-- '''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser]]''', ''[[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3 2014]] Nintendo Direct''
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123	->Everybody laments how Creator/ColinBaker was put in a truly awful position by ''Doctor Who''. There is no disputing that. However, Creator/NicolaBryant suffered just as much. She spent her time on the show being objectified and ogled and taken advantage of. Peri's primary function on the show was to serve as eye candy that could be put in peril... Indeed, the fact that Peri is routinely treated as nothing but a sex object is even treated as a joke here. Discussing an old dying warlord, she notes, "Beams that kill weren't the only thing he had on his mind. Dirty old warlord. Glad we left that place when we did." She is so used to the objectification that she seems [[InsultBackfire visibly relieved]] when Sil refers to her as the Doctor's [[HumansAreUgly "revoltingly ugly assistant."]] At least she doesn't have to worry about Sil, then.
124	-->-- '''[[http://them0vieblog.com/2013/06/26/doctor-who-the-trial-of-a-time-lord-mindwarp-review/ Darren Mooney]]''' on ''Doctor Who'', [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS23E2Mindwarp}} "Mindwarp"]]
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126	->'''[[Series/OnceUponATime Snow]]:''' Wait, Belle, Zelena never froze you when she was crazy monologuing and creepily feeling my baby bump. Why didn’t you do anything to stop her? Everyone else tried.\
127	'''Belle:''' Everyone else got frozen or turned into a flying monkey. Every time I go up against the villains, I get locked up, knocked unconscious or shot. At this point, I’m just trying to stay alive.
128	-->-- Fanfiction blog ''[[http://ouatconversations.tumblr.com/post/84333622060/snow-wait-belle-zelena-never-froze-you-when-she OUAT Conversations]]''
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130	->Despite how well done this episode is... there is a nagging issue I can't ignore: It is a clear example of why the superhero girlfriend needs to evolve. Since the resurgence in superhero films and shows kicked off by ''Film/BatmanBegins'', the superhero girlfriend continues to be written in the same troubling ways that plague her comic-book counterparts. She [[IntrepidReporter can be accomplished]], but not so much to diminish the stature of the masked man who saves her on a nightly basis. She can be intelligent, but not smart enough to deduce that [[ClarkKenting the hero who consistently comes to her aid is her good friend in disguise]]. She's said to be dynamic, but [[InformedAbility rarely shown as such]]. She's the emblem of goodness and love, but rarely elevated into becoming her own human being. Since she's more symbol than person, she becomes more valuable when in danger, or [[StuffedInAFridge actually dead]]. As a result, the archetype is rarely well-written enough that actresses like [[Characters/ArrowverseWestAllenFamily Candice Patton]] can demonstrate their talents. So much of this season has been about Iris' death and how such a tragedy would affect everyone around her. [[MenActWomenAre But Iris herself has not been an active participant in this story line]].
131	-->-- '''[[http://www.vulture.com/2017/05/the-flash-recap-season-2-episode-22.html Angelica Jade Bastièn]]''' on ''[[Series/TheFlash2014 The Flash]]'', [[Recap/TheFlash2014S3E22InfantinoStreet "Infantino Street”]]
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133	->"Well I'm this paper's [[IntrepidReporter ace reporter]], although as with all previous versions of [[Characters/SupermanLoisLane Lois Lane]], this aspect of my character pales in comparison to my main defining trait—''[They step OUTSIDE and are IMMEDIATELY MUGGED]''—as a nigh-supernatural peril magnet."
134	-->-- '''Creator/MargotKidder''', ''Website/TheEditingRoom'''s abridged script for ''Film/SupermanTheMovie''
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140	->''Aahh, help me! I'm being kidnapped by a fictional character!''
141	-->-- '''Gosalyn Mallard''', ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck''
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143	->'''[[ComicBook/InvisibleWoman Sue]]''': This is pretty uninspired. The BigBad Doctor Doom kidnapping me just to [[BatmanGambit lure us here]] to your wretched little island.\
144	'''ComicBook/DoctorDoom''': Yes, I'm so sorry to involve you in the [[DeadHorseTrope time-worn damsel-in-distress]] {{cliche}}, Mrs. Richards. I fear the only thing missing is the [[ChainedToARailway onrushing train]]. However, [[BoringButPractical sometimes expediency outweighs originality]].
145	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourTheAnimatedSeries'', "The Mask of Doom, Part One"
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147	->''"Put me down! I do ''not'' do screaming victim."''
148	-->--'''Tina''', ''WesternAnimation/GetAce''
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150	->'''[=AF1=] Hijacker:''' Let's make an example of this hero. A very tragic example, I'm afraid, Miss...\
151	'''Lois Lane:''' Lane.\
152	'''[=AF1=] Hijacker:''' ''(already nervous)'' Lane? Lois Lane? The one Superman always saves?\
153	'''Lois Lane:''' 'Fraid so.
154	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', "World's Finest, Pt. 1"
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156	->''"I bet you my luxuriously wavy hair [[BigBad Cronus]] is holding his wife Psyche hostage on a mountain somewhere. [[LampshadeHanging Those bad guys have, like, zero imagination.]]"''
157	-->-- '''Aphrodite''', ''WesternAnimation/ClassOfTheTitans'', "Bows & Eros"
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159	->'''Jerry:''' Hello, ladies. How's the Big Apple?\
160	'''Alex:''' Rotten, Jerry. Clover's been kidnapped.\
161	'''Jerry:''' Oh dear. That's the second time this month.
162	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''
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